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Show V iNVSITlOri. Veet Pocket Padlock. The nl iiockct padlock Is not a lock whlrli li designed to securely guard the contents of tho Test pocket, but nno hlch inny bo carried In the vest pocket snd uied on a door which Is delklcnt In some good and rcllslils faatenlnK. There arc said to bo insaj inatsnres when such sn Implement lll ervc tho owner In good stesd. Traellni5 men, for Inatsncc, aro frequently fre-quently coniielted to put up at Infs rlr hotels, where tho proper sttcn. tlun Is nut glirn to the details of tlio establishment, snd the matter ot locks and similar thing, regarded as of m nor ImtKirt. are orcrlx)ked. Then, agnln, the trau'ler Is otten compelled In sn emergency to put up with a room which Is ununited for tho pur poe with doors and windows un gusrded Armed with n couplo of tho detlec referred to ho can with llltlo troubto mako himself sccuro agalnit Ihu lslts of thieves. Ths sppsralni roneltts of a flat steel strip, with ono end turned up nnd serrated, snd a small steel ratting. For uo tho casting cast-ing Is slipped oft tho strip, tho strip Is Inserted In the door frame so that Its treth enter tho Jamb, tho door Is 1 pushed shut firmly, forcing H'" leeth far Into the Jamb, and tho catting Is replaced on tho strip and locked In I ikisUIoii by turning tho thumbscrew. I Villi this (toko It Is Imposslblo, It Is ald, for a marauder to enter a room without using; stifllclont forco to tear out a section of tho door Jsmb. |